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Derrick Tennant

VIP Wrangler at Automattic, Inc.

@emrikol Indiana joined Aug 2010

emrikol.com github.com/emrikol Slack: @emrikol

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    Contributed to 2 releases
    • 6.4
    • 5.5

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    January 2026
    Jan 15 Thu · 02:20
    Core med
    Closed pull request #74638 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    Cost optimization 10x
    Jan 15 Thu · 02:20
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #74638 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Cost optimization 10x
    September 2025
    Sep 04 Thu · 19:45
    Core med
    Created issue #2158 in the WordPress/performance repository:
    Performance Lab: `PHP Warning: "Undefined array key 1"`
    September 2023
    Sep 20 Wed · 18:54
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Performance issue with Multisite, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    It looks like the current version of the plugin has a …
    Sep 19 Tue · 17:03
    Core high
    Mentioned in [56623] on WordPress SVN:
    Media: Edit new hook name in `get_available_post_mime_types()`.
    March 2021
    Mar 12 Fri · 19:31
    Core med
    Created ticket #52798 on Core Trac:
    delete_option() does not clear cache if option is missing in database.
    November 2020
    Nov 25 Wed · 16:44
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Markdown editor?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This used to be a dark mode feature plugin, but now it…
    Nov 25 Wed · 16:42
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Why destroy this plugin?!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Agree. I was a contributor and owner of this plugin (dark mode) for a while,…
    May 2020
    May 29 Fri · 22:41
    Core high
    Mentioned in [47865] on WordPress SVN:
    Taxonomy: Extend `get_term_by` to accept `ID` as a term parameter.
    November 2019
    Nov 22 Fri · 01:37
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Essential, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks! There were some relatively big CSS changes in 5.3 (compared to other recent small…

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